’90-‘91
If any of these phrases ring a bell: "I've fallen and I can't get up!", "Homey don't play that!", and “U cant touch this” then you'll want to "stop, collaborate and listen" because its 1990! In 1990, Linda, Christie, Naomi, Tatjana and Cindy put the "super" in "supermodels" with their steamy performance in George Michael's "Freedom 90" video In 1990, Julia Roberts turned from hooker into a lady in Pretty Woman but that wasn’t how all movies turned out. 1990 was also the year of the NC-17 rating for Henry & June. Will smith became the Fresh Prince of Bel-Air. Homey don't play that- David Alan Grier, the Wayans, Jamie Foxx and Jim Carrey all had us cracking us up on In Living Color. Edward Scissorhands gave us Johnny Depp and Winona. Ghost was also a popular movie. Mayor Marion Barry of DC busted for using crack cocaine and was sentenced to six months. Roseanne was a hit TV show and Hammer told us "U Can't Touch This!” So pack up your Polly Pocket dolls, pile on your snap bracelets, do the Humpty Hump and join us in celebrating the first year of the decade that brought us grunge and the internet 1991There was another sound prevailing in the early nineties too, a smart mix of rap and funk. From Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch’s “Good Vibrations” to Naughty By Nature’s “O.P.P.”, this sound was beginning to take shape in a major way. Garth Brooks was the first country artist to go multi-platinum. 1991 also brought us Arnold Schwarzenegger’s Terminator 2: Judgment Day, Cuba Gooding Jr. in the John Singleton smash Boyz N the Hood, Wesley Snipes as a big time drug dealer in New Jack City and Brad Pitt in Thelma and Louise. We played Truth or Dare with music legend Madonna. But the year’s best went to Sir Anthony Hopkins in the smash Silence of the Lambs. On the small screen, 1991 gave us Beverly Hills 90210 who got their own dolls, and Family Matters and Erkel became part of everyone’s family Michael Jordan and his Chicago Bulls win their first ever NBA Championship. So slip on your Bugle Boy’s and come take a spin on your rollerblades…this is 1991!
’92-'93
Think you've forgotten 1992? Ex-squeeze me? Ross Perot demonstrated that short, squeaky billionaires could make a run for the presidency, and make pretty charts too. The Dream Team '92 Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. Right Said Fred provided the anthem of 1992, "I'm Too Sexy," and The Real World launched: This is the true story...of seven strangers...I Love You, You Love Me...Barney became the dinosaur everyone loved to hate. Whitney Houston made The Bodyguard, crooning, "IIIIIIIIII will always love YOUUUUUUUUUUUU" forever in debt to her lifesaver Kevin Costner and a very appropriate phrase from ’92 to describe it: “It was wack.” Billy Ray Cyrus brought us "Don't Break My Heart, My Achy Breaky Heart” and don’t forget Fabio. Sir Mix-A-Lot made being “healthy” a good thing in "Baby Got Back." Kris Kross started the backward fashion trend and made us "Jump." and Mortal Kombat was released. Then there were Dan and Dave who made the big stakes Reebok ad campaign until Dan didn't qualify for the Olympics. Sorry Dan! Ren and Stimpy made cartoons into cults ”happy, happy, joy, joy”. 1993, Dinosaurs were back from the dead, soccer players were eating each other, or sleeping around for a million a pop. What fun?! Steven Spielberg ruled the box office with his smash hit Jurassic Park and moviegoers everywhere learned just how deadly extinct dinosaurs could be. Those who couldn't get a ticket to Jurassic Park were sure to check out Alive or Indecent Proposal. Whether you were a dinosaur or a Brazilian soccer player or wondering if you would you let you wife sleep with another man for $1 million bucks?, human flesh was all the rage in '93. On the small screen, 1993 saw the debut “FBI”, Martin Lawrence was making a name for himself and making everyone else laugh with his hit sitcom “Martin” Dr. Quinn,” Medicine Woman”. If grunge wasn't your thing, 1993 was not the year for you because most of the country was wearing flannels as Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg were taking the rap world by storm. But not everything was a hit in 1993: The United States screwed up big time when it mishandled that little situation in Waco, Texas. Crystal Pepsi debuted and promptly sank faster than the Titanic, and John Wayne Bobbit woke up one morning to find himself half the man he used to be. All this, plus Beavis and Butthead! The Fugitive! Mighty Morphin Power Rangers! And a lost dude named "Waldo."
’94-‘95
Jim Carrey ruled the box office in 1994 with ”Ace Ventura: Pet Detective”, “The Mask”, and “Dumb & Dumber”. “Seinfeld”, the show about nothing, launched its future multi-million dollar sitcom, and Tanya Harding taught us all the painful lesson that "Winners never cheat, and cheaters never win". John Travolta played stone cold Hit-man Vincent Vega in “Pulp Fiction”. George Foreman "knocked out the fat" to become the oldest heavyweight champion EVER at the ripe age of 45. Melrose Place became the guiltiest address on TV and the men of “NYPD Blue” conquered crime. Also on the police blotter...two of the biggest cop chases in history. On the big screen, Keanu Reeves was a runaway hit in “Speed” and TV viewers worldwide witnessed the real life drama of O.J. and his infamous White Ford Bronco. "RUNNNN O.J. RUUUNNNNN!!!!" So, buckle up for the ride of your life because its 1994!!
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